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34 relations: A & G Price, A. L. Beattie, Addington Railway Workshops, Branch line, Canterbury Railway Society, Christchurch, Coal, Dunedin, Ferrymead Railway, Hillside Engineering, Lyttelton, New Zealand, Ministry of Works and Development, Nelson Railway Society, New Zealand Railways Department, North Island Main Trunk, NZR DS class, NZR EC class, NZR V class, NZR W class, NZR WA class, Otahuhu Workshops, Paekakariki, Steam Incorporated, Steam locomotive, Stephenson valve gear, Tank locomotive, Taranaki, Tasmanian Government Railways, Thames, New Zealand, Tractive force, Walschaerts valve gear, Wheel arrangement, Whyte notation, 2-6-4.
A & G Price
A & G Price Limited was an engineering firm and locomotive manufacturer in Thames, New Zealand, from 1868 to August 2017.
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A. L. Beattie
Alfred Luther Beattie (1852 – 2 May 1920), typically referred to as A. L. Beattie, was a pioneering locomotive engineer.
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Addington Railway Workshops
The Addington Railway Workshops was a major railway facility established in the Christchurch suburb of Addington in May 1880 by the New Zealand Railways Department.
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Branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.
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Canterbury Railway Society
The Canterbury Railway Society is an organisation of railway enthusiasts based in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, best known for their operation of The Ferrymead Railway at the Ferrymead Heritage Park.
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Christchurch
Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.
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Dunedin
Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.
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Ferrymead Railway
The Ferrymead Railway is a New Zealand heritage railway built upon the formation of New Zealand's first public railway, from Ferrymead to Christchurch, which opened in 1863.
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Hillside Engineering
Hillside Engineering Group is a trading division of the rail operator KiwiRail in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Lyttelton, New Zealand
Lyttelton (Māori: Ōhinehou) is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour, at the north-western end of Banks Peninsula and close to Christchurch, on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
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Ministry of Works and Development
The New Zealand Ministry of Works and Development, formerly the Department of Public Works and often referred to as the Public Works Department or PWD, was founded in 1876 and disestablished and privatised in 1988.
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Nelson Railway Society
The Nelson Railway Society operates a short heritage railway line in the Founders Heritage Park, Nelson, New Zealand.
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New Zealand Railways Department
The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system.
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North Island Main Trunk
The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland.
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NZR DS class
The New Zealand DS class is a class of 16 diesel shunting locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry and supplied by the Drewry Car Co from 1949—1955.
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NZR EC class
The New Zealand EC class was a class of electric locomotive used in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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NZR V class
The New Zealand V class steam locomotive was used on New Zealand's railway network from 1885 onwards.
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NZR W class
The NZR W class consisted of two steam locomotives built at the Addington Railway Workshops in Christchurch, New Zealand by the New Zealand Railways Department.
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NZR WA class
The NZR WA class locomotives were a class of Tank locomotive built for use for New Zealand Railways Department.
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Otahuhu Workshops
Otahuhu Railway Workshops were a major rolling stock construction, maintenance and repair facility operated by New Zealand Railways, in the south Auckland suburb of Otahuhu in New Zealand's North Island.
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Paekakariki
Paekakariki (Māori: Paekākāriki), prior to 1905 also known as Paikakariki, is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island of New Zealand.
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Steam Incorporated
Steam Incorporated, often abbreviated to Steam Inc., is a railway heritage and preservation society based at the Paekakariki Railway Station, Paekakariki at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast, approximately 50 minutes north of Wellington on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.
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Stephenson valve gear
The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for all kinds of steam engines.
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Tank locomotive
A tank locomotive or tank engine is a steam locomotive that carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.
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Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island, administered by the Taranaki Regional Council.
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Tasmanian Government Railways
The Tasmanian Government Railways (TGR) was the former operator of the mainline railways in Tasmania, Australia.
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Thames, New Zealand
Thames (Hauraki) is a town at the southwestern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island.
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Tractive force
As used in mechanical engineering, the term tractive force can either refer to the total traction a vehicle exerts on a surface, or the amount of the total traction that is parallel to the direction of motion.
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Walschaerts valve gear
The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844 used to regulate the flow of steam to the pistons in steam engines.
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Wheel arrangement
In rail transport, a wheel arrangement or wheel configuration is a system of classifying the way in which wheels are distributed under a locomotive.
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Whyte notation
The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte, and came into use in the early twentieth century following a December 1900 editorial in American Engineer and Railroad Journal.
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2-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a locomotive has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZR_WF_class
